WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly confirmed Christopher Wray to lead the FBI, replacing James Comey, who was abruptly fired by President Donald Trump amid the investigation into Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election. The vote was 92-5 for Wray, a former ...
TICONDEROGA (AP) — New York’s Assembly Speaker and self-professed Trekkie has taken a detour from a trip to a subway car factory to take a spin on the Starship Enterprise. Speaker Carl Heastie, who has been known to quote Mr. Spock during discussions of state policy, visited the Star ...
WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Christopher Wray to lead the FBI, replacing James Comey, who was abruptly fired by President Donald Trump amid the investigation into Russian meddling in last year's presidential election. The vote was 92-5 for Wray, a former high-ranking ...
TUPPER LAKE — Democrats from the village and town gathered Monday night to nominate the party’s candidates for several positions up for election this November. In the village, two board trustee positions were up for grabs as well as the mayor’s office. Each of these positions has a ...
SARANAC LAKE — The Harrietstown Republican Committee will hold a caucus at 6 p.m. tonight in the basement of the Harrietstown Town Hall. Only Harrietstown residents enrolled in the Republican party will be allowed to participate. The purpose of the caucus is to select the party’s ...
ALBANY (AP) — Two New York state senators say they want to know if the state is doing all it can to confront tick-borne illnesses. Republicans Sue Serino and Kemp Hannon say they plan to call hearings later this summer to focus on the state’s response to illnesses like Lyme disease, ...
KEENE VALLEY — The man President Donald Trump has tapped to be the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation spent the summers of his youth at his family’s camp in the Adirondacks, hiking the High Peaks and fishing for trout. Christopher Wray’s nomination as FBI director ...
Russell Finley, a beef cattle farmer and real estate broker from St. Lawrence County, is challenging U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Willsboro, in a Republican primary in 2018. “I have a job right now that I love. But unless somebody better does this, nobody’s going to have anything,” ...
PLATTSBURGH (AP) — Plattsburgh’s airport will receive nearly $4 million in federal funds to upgrade its runways. The money was announced by U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. The two Democrats say the investment will pay for crucial renovations intended to improve safety ...
SARANAC LAKE — Roedel Companies has inexplicably dropped its lawsuit against the village Planning Board over its approval of the proposed Lake Flower Resort and Spa. A one-page “Stipulation of Discontinuance” in the case was filed Monday in the Essex County Clerk’s Office, signed ...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Monday proposed by North Country U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik that would ease documentation requirements for spouses of military members who frequently must relocate to meet military mandates. The bill has not yet been ...
ALBANY — Folks who’d like to try camping at New York parks are getting the chance to do it this summer for free, courtesy of the state. New York launched a first-time camper program this summer, offering all the gear necessary for a weekend adventure, including a brand-new six-person ...
ALBANY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says there’s more the federal government can do to help New York’s growing craft beer industry. The Democratic lawmaker is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to add New York to a list of states eligible for a special federal crop ...
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to delay the implementation of Obama-era reductions in smog-causing air pollutants, but North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik was one of only two New York Republicans who voted against the legislation. Stefanik, R-Willsboro, was one of 199 ...
PLATTSBURGH — North County Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has joined an effort to reform a federal dairy program that local farmers say is not helping them. “We are hopeful they can do something because we are starting to lose a lot of farms in the North Country,” said Beekmantown dairy ...
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to delay the implementation of Obama-era reductions in smog-causing air pollutants, but North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik was one of only two New York Republicans who voted against the legislation. Stefanik, R-Willsboro, was one of ...
SARANAC LAKE — The village has resumed its campaign to clean up a Park Avenue house it boarded up four years ago. Village Department of Public Works employees pulled the plywood off the front door of 139 Park Ave. on Wednesday morning so Joe Garso of North Woods Engineering could get ...
This morning, the Adirondack Experience planned to remove a large sign protesting the state Adirondack Park Agency from the side of a house in Warrensburg to add it to the museum’s permanent collection in Blue Mountain Lake. Since 2005, the sign had adorned the side of Ted Galusha house to ...
PLATTSBURGH — North County Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has joined an effort to reform a federal dairy program that local farmers say is not helping them. “We are hopeful they can do something because we are starting to lose a lot of farms in the North Country,” said Beekmantown ...
On Friday morning, the Adirondack Experience will remove a large sign protesting the state Adirondack Park Agency from the side of a house in Warrensburg to add it to the museum’s permanent collection in Blue Mountain Lake. Since 2005, the sign had adorned the side of Ted Galusha house ...